New semester, first set of lectures and tutorials. Long nights of preparation and meditation before each session. Students alert, taking notes, asking questions, joining me "in the zone". So joyfuI.

I have taught these courses many times before, but as always I make sure that I too have a fresh encounter with the material, bringing in each concept like a living creature that wants to talk to me and to the student, at this very moment. The students can feel the reality of it: they sense my own excitement of being in touch with a live subject. It's such a privilege to be a teacher and to have good students. I am so grateful. Life is good.

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